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July 30, 2014
Last week, the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy leaked a draft chapter of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (T-TIP) currently being negotiated between the United States and the European Union. The chapter proposed by the... Read more
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May 1, 2014
Massive numbers of people are speaking out against fast track legislation and Trans-Pacific Partnership secrecy as Senate Finance Committee prepares for crucial TPP hearing following President Obama's return to Washington Read more
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January 29, 2014
A government official appears at a man's door. The man has been breaking the law: He has sold bread baked at home. Read more
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January 8, 2014
FARM BILL DAIRY NEGOTIATIONS DOWN TO THE WIRE: The fate of the dairy market stabilization program may not be decided until the last moment as farm bill negotiators try to finish their work in time to brief conferees on a framework agreement today... Read more
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January 7, 2014
The giants of the U.S. food industry who have spent millions fighting state-by-state efforts to mandate new labels for genetically modified organisms are taking a page from their opponents: pushing for a federal GMO law. Read more
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December 17, 2013
In his epic book of poetry, Leaves of Grass, Walt Whitman advises “Resist Much. Obey Little.” But when it comes to corporations trampling on local rights, the city of Madison, Wis., advises other cities and counties to do what it has done: Resist... Read more
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November 26, 2013
Before sitting down for Thanksgiving dinner with his family, President Barack Obama shared the table with some very rich donors in Beverly Hills, Calif. During his West Coast trip, Obama has also been met by some vocal protesters, who are... Read more
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November 25, 2013
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - Hundreds of Californians will rally in the streets of Beverly Hills this afternoon to call for an end to the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Free Trade Agreement, while a multi-million dollar Democratic fundraiser featuring... Read more
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June 16, 2013
Progressive Democrats in Congress are ramping up pressure on the Obama administration to release the text of Trans-Pacific Partnership, a secretive free trade agreement with 10 other nations, amid intensifying controversy over the administration's... Read more
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